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Factual Belief vs. Religious Credence - Coggle Diagram
Factual Belief vs. Religious Credence
Factual Belief
"Are practical setting independent"
Does not matter where or when, the belief is always true
Gravity for instance: It is always present, whether you are in the USA or China or it's the 1800s. You always believe gravity is there
"Cognitively govern other attitudes"
You can’t escape that reality of your factual belief
It governs the way you think about the world.
Ex)If someone jumps off a building, because of my belief that gravity is always present, I think they will fall to the ground
Evidentially vulnerable
If evidence comes to light that makes your belief wrong, you change your belief
Factual beliefs are not freely invented like religious credences are
Evidence is essential
Very simple outline of what constitutes a belief, religion does not satisfy any of these
Religious Credences
Why do people do religion?
It helps you imagine something that is better and different
Afraid of dying
sense of community
Understand the inexplicable
"Have perceived normative orientation"
trying to shape the world into a vision of how it should be
Religious credence is not evidence vulnerable
You won't change someone's religious credence just because you show them evidence to the contrary
They are susceptible to free elaboration
May propose exceptions upon our accepted conceptions of the world
They don’t abide by the existing governing structures of the world
Basically do not abide by our proven factual beliefs
Ex) Jesus came back to life, that is not what we know to be factually true about death
Vulnerable to special authority
Religious leaders, text, or any influential entity that influences the religious credence
Practical setting?
When people are confronted with the inexplicable/overwhelming
Birth, death, sense of purpose
Fictional imagining
religious credence is about imaging yourself and your world into a certain image
You are telling a story of the world because you want it to look a certain way
Leeuwen argues that people don't actually believe the tenants of their religion